hero

Universal Words noun (plural heroes) 1 a person, especially a man, who is admired by many people for doing sth brave or good: a war hero (= sb who was very brave during a war) * The Olympic team were given a hero's welcome on their return home. * one of the country's national heroes 2 the main male character in a story, novel, film/movie etc: The hero of the novel is a ten-year old boy. 3 a person, especially a man, that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that they have: my childhood hero 4 (AmE) = SUBMARINE(2) seealsoHEROINE